HARARE – Tucked in the arid parts of the south east Lowveld, away from the public glare, refugees from elsewhere on the continent trickle into Tongogara Refugee Camp — an overcrowded cantonment in Manicaland Province. The majority of children living in this camp cannot go to school while the girl child cannot access basics such…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to amend the Constitution to enable him to stand as a presidential candidate for three terms following his recent pronouncements in Gweru that he will lead the country until 2030, political analysts have said. Currently, the Constitution does not allow an incumbent to stand as a presidential candidate…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office yesterday denied stage-managing a bomb blast in the second capital as a pretext to hunt down and silence political opponents linked to the country’s sulking former leader Robert Mugabe who is said to be stepping up efforts to get back at his successor. This comes after Mnangagwa narrowly escaped…
HARARE – White City Stadium was yesterday turned into a no-go-area as top security officials continued to comb the scene of the weekend’s bomb attack for leads. This followed a blast that rocked a star rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday, which left 41 injured, among them senior politicians. Part of the investigation…
HARARE – The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Zimbabwe said it will deploy 44 long-term observers throughout the country for the July 30 election. “Observers will be present in the EU EOM mission outfit with the EU EOM logo,” the mission said in a statement. The observers will be sent off from…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa led MDC said it is likely to expel its members who filed papers at the nomination court as independent candidates. In line with the law, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission had given a seven-day window, which expired on Friday, to those aspiring presidential candidates, legislators and councillors who wished to pull…
HARARE – The leader of Zimbabwe main opposition party, Nelson Chamisa, alighted from his car, grabbed a microphone and made a bold promise to scrap bond notes if he wins the July 30 presidential election to stem the worsening cash shortages and liquidity crunch. The intensifying cash shortages have been a major issue on the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) faces its sternest test to date as opposition political parties contesting next month’s polls have temporarily shelved their differences to demand a raft of reforms aimed at levelling the electoral playing field currently tilted in favour of Zanu PF. Zec has spurned demands for electoral reforms that are…
BULAWAYO – An explosion rocked a star rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday, in a surprise development that is set to rattle an otherwise peaceful election campaign — the most peaceful the country has ever had since the 1960s. Mnangagwa’s campaign team has called the incident an assassination attempt on the 75-year-old former guerrilla…
HARARE – Rural teachers have urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to stop commandeering school children to his rallies. In a statement yesterday, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) said educators were getting increasingly worried over continued reports of school children and their teachers seen at Zanu PF functions and in some cases seen…
